No, it was under Thomas Jefferson.
James Monroe
James Monroe
James Monroe 1758-1831 5 th President of US negotiated the Louisiana purchase. His name is associated with the Monroe Doctrine that warned European colonial intervention in the western hemisphere that could endanger the peace and security of US.
Pesident Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonapart of France.
Robert Livingston and James Monroe arranged the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. They wanted to purchase the port of New Orleans and were surprised when the French offered to sell the entire Louisiana Territory.
President James Monroe initiated the Louisiana Purchase. He believed in American expansionism. He is also responsible for the Monroe Doctrine.
Thomas Jefferson sent James Monroe to buy the Louisiana purchase
Thomas Jefferson arranged the purchase of the Louisiana territory. However, it was James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston that actually went to Paris to make the purchase.
James Monroe
James Monroe who later became the 5th US president negotiated the Louisiana Purchase, along with Robert R. Livingston.
Thomas Jefferson was president when the Louisiana Purchase was made in 1803. Future president, James Monroe, was instrumental in the negotiations for the purchase. In 1812, Louisiana was made a state during the term of James Madison.
James Monroe. He, along with Robert Livingston, negogiated the treaty to purchase Lousiana
James Monroe
James monroe!! :d
The states added during his Presidency were Louisiana Indiana and Mississippi.
Monroe, Louisiana was named after a steam boat that was named after President James Monroe. (I don't think any president was named from a city in LA or elsewhere. )
Monroe comes to mind ,but it was named for a steamer , the James Monroe, which was named for the President James Monroe , so indirectly it is named for a president.There is a town of Washington, LA, undoubtedly named for George in some way, either directly or after a man who took his name from George.